Michael J. Cacace

Michael J. Cacace is the founding partner of Cacace, Tusch & Santagata. His practice focuses on civil litigation, real estate and land use. He holds a B.A. degree from Fordham College and a J.D. degree from New York Law School, and is admitted to practice before the courts in Connecticut and New York. He is a former president of the Stamford Regional Bar Association and a former chairman of the Planning and Zoning Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. He is a board member of Regional Plan Association and a member of the Connecticut Committee of the Regional Plan and has lectured and written articles on land use issues in Connecticut, including articles in the Connecticut Bar Journal. He was recently listed as one of the Top Lawyers in Connecticut by Connecticut Magazine, Westchester Magazine, and New York magazine in the areas of real estate and zoning.

Mr. Cacace was named Community Leader of the Year by the Advocate in 1986. He was named Citizen of the year by the Fred Robinson, Jewish War Veterans Post in 1995 and received the President’s Award from the Stamford United Way in 1995 and the Humanitarian Award from the Southwestern Connecticut Association of Life Underwriters in 1988. Mr. Cacace was named Man of the Year by State Street Debating Society in 2011 and was honored as the first recipient of the Arts Ovation Award in 2010 by the Stamford Center for the Arts. He also received the Good Scout Award from the Connecticut Yankee Council, Boy Scouts of America, in 2001 and was honored by the Council of Italian American Organizations in 2007.